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    admira reacted to Elwood P Dowd in Will the last three games sell out.   
    We were the English Champions and  Carlisle were relegated. 
     
    Just in case some of the younger supporters might think the above contains a typo here is the important bit again "We were the English Champions"😂

     
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    admira reacted to Matchday Fred in The run-in: some analysis   
    4 wins should be enough. Really helpful if two of those are in the next two games, but not sure where the goals are coming from without Collins and Gayle. Hopefully most games are against teams with nothing to play for by the time we play them. Games against the bottom sides look easy on paper but they are usually fighting tooth and nail.
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    admira reacted to Sussex Ram in The run-in: some analysis   
    As Dom Dietrich might say, these are “take it or leave it” stats. Below is my attempt at showing the league position of the opponents our direct competitors face on the run in:
    Portsmouth- 12 2 17 3 5 11 7- average 8.14
    Derby- 14 9 1 12 10 20 24- average 12.9
    Bolton- 8 18 13 1 17 23 4- average 12
    P’Boro- 24 10 23 6 22 13 21 3- average 15.3
    Barnsley- 20 19 16 8 18 1 9 14- average 13.1
    I haven’t considered home or away ties, but on the face it Portsmouth have by far the hardest run in, playing us, Bolton and Barnsley. My personal preference would be for them to beat Barnsley and Bolton, let them take the title, and it gives us more breathing space on the final day. But looking at it another way, if we can beat them on 2 April and other results go against them, might we be looking at a title push?? I would love that, for B4 if nothing else.
    Peterborough have the easiest run in and face all three bottom teams, although I noticed they are one of only four teams to play midweek before the final game of the season- which for them is a massive 6-pointer against Bolton.
    Our games seem to get “easier” as time goes on, whereas others are more mixed. Portsmouth finish against one the form teams of Europe (I’d guess?) in Lincoln. Let’s see if the Imps are still averaging three goals a game by then- if they are, they might well finish 4th or 5th!
    Final point- our GD is 4 better than Portsmouth, 7 better than Bolton and P’Boro and 13 better than Barnsley. That could well be the half point advantage that makes a difference come 27th April…
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    admira reacted to sage in Corey Blackett-Taylor - Signed on Loan/Permanent in Summer   
    I'm getting Abdoul Camara vibes. Hopefully misplaced. 
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    admira reacted to angieram in If Kate Middleton was a DCFC Fan   
    You'll have to explain why sage is Mr. D'Arcy.
    But great game, I got more right than @admira's! 
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    admira reacted to Derbados in Match Thread: vs Bolton Wanderers (H)   
    Told ya 😁
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    admira reacted to sage in Bolton sellout.   
    Yes, but @David does run this forum, so lay off him.
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    admira reacted to Leeds Ram in Bolton sellout.   
    Always bugs me as if we slip into the playoffs and get to Wembley they'll be first on the phone for a ticket. I really hope if that happens we have categories for seat distribution based on tickets bought as well as memberships acquired as opposed to merely doing Season Tickets and then a free for all. 
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    admira reacted to Gee SCREAMER !! in A new daily game. Name the current or ex Ram from the clues   
    Gordon isn't it.
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    admira reacted to richinspain in A new daily game. Name the current or ex Ram from the clues   
    John O'Hare. Fantastic player. Only Paul Goddard has been (slightly) better than him in his position in all my years watching the Rams.
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    admira reacted to GB SPORTS in A new daily game. Name the current or ex Ram from the clues   
    Ian Ashbee?
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    admira reacted to TheRamOfSwad in Match Thread: vs Reading (H)   
    we've got a real chance of getting a couple of goals 2nd half, cmon you Rams!!! let's take our fate into our own hands then dismantle Bolton on Saturday 🐏 ⚽️ 
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    admira got a reaction from HorsforthRam in Match Thread: vs Reading (H)   
    It won't be the easy win some are predicting. Our defeat there was ugly, they didn't let us play and they score in almost every game recently. Any Rams win will do but I can't see it being by more than a one goal margin.
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    admira got a reaction from Topram in Where do you think we'll finish this season?   
    It's Derby, so all these years of disappointment suggest it's only going to end one way sadly! I'd love to be wrong obviously.
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    admira reacted to i-Ram in Match Thread: vs Reading (H)   
    I’d be there too, but my daughter is making an impassioned plea that she wants a pony.
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    admira reacted to jcidaho in Match Thread: vs Reading (H)   
    My daughter has put her foot down and made an impassioned case for us to make the 200 mile round trip on a school night. We'll be there, COYR!
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    admira reacted to DerbyAleMan in Match Thread: vs Reading (H)   
    All big games now, it's about time we turned up against Reading, feel if we are on it, we will win, going for our 3rd in a row 3-0  victory, and lets us Rams fans get the lads over the line, 9 massive games left, it's in our own hands again, lets get the job done, and finish in the top 2. Once A Ram Always A Ram. 
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    admira reacted to archram in Match Thread: vs Reading (H)   
    I’m going to this, my first attempt at an evening game since the brain haemorrhage 4 years ago.
    if you’re in the west stand could you keep the noise down please? I’m usually barely awake by 8.30 so I’d be grateful if you didn’t wake me up just to watch a game of football.
    Thankyou!
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    admira reacted to HorsforthRam in Match Thread: vs Reading (H)   
    I think this game may be tougher than the Bolton one 
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    admira reacted to Eoghan1884 in Match Thread: vs Reading (H)   
    If we win these next two games there is actually a strong potential to win the league I believe. Portsmouth haven’t looked at their best the last few games and they play all other 4 members of the top 5 over there next 7 games. 
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    admira reacted to Boycie in Match Thread: vs Reading (H)   
    I hate these match starters who just go through the motions.
     
     
     
     
    Well done @Rampant
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    admira reacted to Rampant in Match Thread: vs Reading (H)   
    Derby County vs Reading
    Tuesday 12th March
    Pride Park   KO 1945
     
    Opposition Bio: Reading have made more headlines off the field than on it in recent times as they find themselves in financial strife as a result of incompetency by their owner. Sound familiar? 
    The EFL have seemingly cut them more slack than they did with ourselves but their patience must be wearing thin as deadlines to deposit sufficient funds regularly pass. The latest failure to pony up saw them docked further points and their season deduction now stands at six points in total. 
    There was a further deduction of three points doled out, albeit suspended, after their understandably fed up supporters invaded the pitch and caused the early abandonment of their home match with Port Vale, the latters best result in recent months.
    Where we had Mel Morris, Reading have Dai Yongge. This proves the old adage of being wary of baldies or fake Welshmen baring gifts.
    Any sympathy we have for them should be tempered though by the thought that they are probably still laughing at us paying £3m for Nick Blackman.
    Reading FC are known as the Royals, a distinctly naff nickname acquired after a young Prince Albert played a dozen games for the club before marrying Queen Victoria. Plus they hail from the royal county of Berkshire. They are also known as the Biscuitmen due to the town's association with the biscuit makers Huntley & Palmers. 
    They are managed by Spaniard Ruben Selles and, having been relegated last season, will be looking to secure League 1 survival this season and kick on in 2024/25 under different ownership and without points deductions.
    Reading are the proud holders of two notable records. In the 1985/86 season they recorded 13 straight victories at the start of the season in what is now this division and they also hold the record for the highest points total for their whopping 106 points in their 2005/06 Championship campaign. 
    Opposition Form: Not too shabby in fairness. In the ten matches played since they beat us 1-0 at their place they have won a further four games with three draws and three defeats.
    They arrive at Pride Park on the back of a 2-1 home defeat to Wycombe and in 18th place with a record of W12-D9-L16. It should be noted, however, that without their points deduction they would be in 14th position. 
    Their away record is perhaps misleading as the bare stats of W3-D5-L10 needs to be looked at in the knowledge that they contrived to lose their first eight matches on the road. They all count obviously but their more recent form away since then reads W3-D5-L2. 
    Their away wins have been at Wycombe (2-1), Stevenage (1-0) and Carlisle (3-1). They have also managed decent draws at Oxford and Peterborough.
    In those 18 away games they have only failed to score on four occasions. Promisingly from a Rams perspective, they have only kept the one clean sheet on their travels.
    Opposition Players: Going purely off the stats it would appear their chief dangermen are top marksman Harvey Knibbs (10 goals, 6 assists), Sam Smith (9 goals, 10 assists) and possibly Femi Azeez and Lewis Wing. They also have Robbie's son Charlie Savage, the experienced Harlee Dean and the wonderfully named youngster Jacob Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis who I hope gets a runout as I'd love to see if they put his triple-barrelled name on his shirt.
    Rams vs Reading History: This will be the 48th league clash between Derby and Reading and the 54th in all competitions. The clubs' first meeting was a League Cup clash in October 1965 (1-1) but it wasn't until 22nd September 1984 that the Rams and the Royals met in a league fixture for the first time and the long wait proved barely worthwhile as we played out a goalless draw at their previous home, Elm Park. The return fixture would prove to be more memorable, for us at least, as Reading's first ever league visit to Derby in April 1985 saw the Rams win 4-1 with goals from Bobby Davison, Steve Buckley, Trevor Christie and Gary Micklewhite in front of a bumper crowd of 7,945 (really?).
    That was not a taste of things to come in this fixture though as Reading have had by far the better of it. Our record on their turf is especially poor with just four wins in 24 visits. On Derby soil, though better as you'd expect, it is still deeply unimpressive. Our last victory at home to them was a 1-0 success in September 2021 but our overall home league record against Reading is W10-D3-L10. 
    Expected Team: Same again one might think. Possibly a change in the middle to give more legs with Smith or Thompson in for Hourihane. 
    Other Fixtures of Note: Something similar to Saturday would be nice. A Derby win and at least one of our rivals for automatic dropping points please. Their games midweek are:
    Portsmouth vs Burton
    Bolton vs Oxford
    Carlisle vs Barnsley
    Peterborough vs Stevenage (Weds)
    COYR
     
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